Austin Sports Arena has leased 18,000 square feet at 3918 Gattis School Road in Round Rock, Texas. Mark Milstead of NAI Austin represented the tenant.
The Austin Sports Arena facility offers inline hockey, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, floorball and dodgeball for both kids and adults.
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Little Caesar’s Pizza, voted the best value pizza in America, is adding a location in Round Rock at 2051 Gattis School Road, with the landlord represented by NAI Austin’s Retail Specialists Sherry Sanchez and Ryan Coleman. Located in Round Rock Town Center, Suite 640, the 1,400 square foot space will be perfect for making and serving plenty of pizza and Crazy Bread.
Little Caesar’s Enterprises, Inc. is the world’s largest carry-out pizza chain, and it has built more units in the U.S. than any other pizza chain for the past seven years. It plans to continue expanding both in the U.S. and internationally. This is Round Rock’s second Little Caesar’s Pizza location.
As more Austin-area developments are looking to become LEED certified to reduce their impact on the environment, they are also moving up in their environmental certification.
Last week, a North Austin office development, which started construction in January, became gold LEED pre-certified as a result of its energy and water efficiency, use of local and recycled materials and the provision of facilities for bicycling commuters. Located at Oak Creek Drive and MoPac Expressway, Oak Creek Plaza is a Class A 50,000 square foot office building on four acres of land near the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s commuter rail. Real estate developers have figured out that developing LEED certified office buildings will not only be a benefit to the environment but will also make their buildings more attractive to tenants, especially those from the West Coast. Oak Creek Plaza is one of the first gold LEED certified projects in Austin and will be finished in October of this year.
In May, the Ronald McDonald House of Austin and Central Texas became platinum LEED certified as a result of its landscape architecture and rooftop solar panels that power at least half of the rooms and avoid 30,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually. Located at 1315 Barbara Jordan Boulevard and completed in 2007, this 28,500 square foot facility is the first solar-powered Ronald McDonald House in the world.
As environmental awareness becomes an increasingly important issue, Austinites may find themselves shifting from just keeping Austin weird to keeping Austin weird and green. In an effort to help lessen their carbon footprint, many Austin area companies are working to make their businesses more environmentally friendly through energy efficient and sustainable practices. Two national retailers, Recreational Equipment Inc. and Office Depot, are using the Austin area as the stage for their green transformations.
REI plans to open a store in Round Rock this fall to test its new green-building prototype design. The new retail location is the second of its kind for the company, which opened another eco-friendly store in Boulder, Colorado last October.
Office Depot plans to open its first green location on Anderson Lane this summer. This store will be one of the premier projects to qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification under standards set forth by the United States Green Building Council.
According to the United States Green Building Council Website, “LEED is a third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.”
Austin Commercial Real Estate – North Submarket (Round Rock) Office Space:
Situated in North Austin/South Round Rock, Frontera Crossing sits between I-35, MoPac and SH-45. Each of its four floors is 38,800 square feet with a building total of around 160,000 square feet, 120,000 of which is available for lease. Frontera Crossing offers Class A interior finishes as well as a 5:1,000 parking ratio. Many retail options are available in the immediate area.
